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Mindset – a whole school approach
Shaun AllisonDeputy Head, Durrington High school@shaun_allisonhttp://classteaching.wordpress.com/
• Curious• Experimenting• Learning• Tackling really hard
tasks….• ….again and again
• “I can’t do it”• “I’m stuck”• “I can’t be bothered”• “It’s too hard”• “I’m not clever enough”• “He’s a boff, I’m not”• “Can I do something easier?”• “I’m at my MEG so I’m alright”• “What’s the point in showing me that,
I’ll never be able to do it”
Mindset
• Fixed –intelligence is fixed and can’t be changed.
• Growth – intelligence can be developed through effort & practice
• Fixed – Look smart at all costs
• Growth – No risks about looking smart, so dive into challenges
• Fixed – Achievement should come naturally
• Growth – Hard work and effort is key
• Fixed – Hide mistakes and deficiencies
• Growth – Capitalize on mistakes and learn from them
“Dweck's research falls into the category of most of the best of our research into education, in that it merely ends up confirming the eternal truths of the classroom: turn up, work hard, study, do well; work harder, do better; believe you can improve and you probably will, believe that you can't and see what happens.”
Tom Bennett, TES
The standard approach
Posters
Assemblies & INSET
McEnroe Excuses:• Temporary Insanity• My friend was in love and I wasn’t• Too hot• Too cold• I was over-trained• I was too chunky• I was too thin
A GIFT? HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE?• Starting playing tennis aged 2.
• Practised 5 days a week; every week.• By aged 5 playing in tournaments for under 10s.
• By 8 he was allowed to play against adults in competitions.• Had few friends in secondary school and trained in all of his
spare time.• Aged 15 asks his mum to move to Barcelona so he can be
trained with the world’s best.
Taking it further
Caution - Changing behaviours is hard
Nick Rose – Turnford blog
Caution – The False Growth Mindset
• Don’t oversimplify it.• Effort = Growth Mindset = success.• Everyone can be excellent at everything!• Posters + assemblies = job done.• “Yes, I have a growth mindset”
Self aware
• Legitimise our fixed mindset – know your triggers, embrace them, overcome them:
– Facing Challenges: Anxious– Struggling: Frustrated, worried– Setbacks: Discouraged, defensive– Being criticised: angry, defensive, ashamed
• Support students to do the same….
Tell students the message…
Start the message early
Nudge – don’t shove
I succeed because…
No Lesson Observation grades
Assessment Without Levels
No KS4 target grades
Set themselves long term goals
Benchmark of Brilliance
Here’s one I prepared last year
Focus on effort
Catch them working hard
Don’t use learning objectives like:
•All…•Most…•Some…
Rethink differentiation
Make redrafting normal
Share excellence
Share excellence
Share excellence
Make feedback manageable & meaningful
Gallery Critique
Practice it
Use academic language
Change your language
Fulfil your academic potential
Change your language
You’re naturally talented at this
Change your language
Top end challenge
Change your language
If you get stuck, go on to the next
one
Change your language
You’ve done really well, you must be
so clever
Change your language
Never mind, you tried your best
Change your language
I won’t do that with this class,
they’re low ability
End
Instead of:• Low ability• Middle ability• High ability
What about:• Low starter• Middle starter• High starter
Is there any evidence to suggest it’s worth focusing
on?
1FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
1FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
Whole school average = 3.9
1FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
Student A, 2.5
57% on or above
1FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
Student B, 2.8
57% on or above
1FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
Student C, 5.5
100% on or above
1FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
Student D, 5.6
83% on or above
Student E
TP4 Projections
Student E
TP4 ProjectionsTP5 Projections
Student E
TP4 Projections
1FIXED 2 3 4 5 6
GROWTH
TP5 Projections
5.4
Growth MindsetGrowth Fixed
“Success nourishes them. They succeed because they think they can”
- Virgil
@shaun_allison
http://classteaching.wordpress.com/